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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-03-03

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. tnw. ' iU4idrif -' '---- , -uj. T - " - -""Mltwill-iMtiliiW-l ..m- ,rmm9 II 1 n III uiunn imili l"i HT' 1 -mriil iiiiilsiiisliiiii in lmn mm i nip tii.k u k If r iw sftil -M r n - ii v f.'li fil j ..1 nit Ifc ! 1 v -r'n . 1 - Lr . n. r- t-iu n r. ' 1 .... ... ,. VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 3, 1857. NO 16. 03" The following linos wore sent to the Essex Countr Massachusetts, Agricultural Fair, held at Newbury, on tho 21th October. The initials tall us thoy are by Whitticr : On. morninj of the Brat sad Full, Poor Adam unil bis brida Sat la tbo shudo of L'dou's wall .1- liut on tbo outer side. She, blushing In her fig-loaf mit, . For tbo oliaste garb of old, Ho, tighigo'or his bitter fruit, Fortduu'i grapoj of gold. JJoMnd them, smiling in tho morn, Their forfeit garden lay j JJot'oro thorn wild with rock and thorn, . ,. The desert itrotobed awuy. They heard tho air nbovo them fannod, A light step on tbo sward ; And lo 1 they saw before them stand i Too Angel of tho Lord I Aria I ' he said, " why JoqV bohind, When hope ii all beforu. And patient band and willing mind, Your loss may yot restore 7 ' " I leavo with you a spoil whoso power Can make the desert glad, And tall around you fruit and flowor As fair as Edoa had, 8 1 etoths your hands with power to lift The eurse from off your soil ; your Tory doom shall so'om a gift, your loss a gaiu through toil. f Go, ohoorful as yon humming boo, To labor as to play i " White glimmering oyer Edou's twos, Tho Angel passed away. The pilgrims of tho world wont forth, Obedient to tho word ; And found whoro'er they tilled tbo earth, A garden of tho Lord I The thorn tree east its tfril fruit, And blushed with plum and pear And seeded grass and trodden root Grow sweet bonoatb their caro. We share onr primal paren t's fate, And is our turn and day Look buck on Eden's sworded gate, As sad and lest as they. But still for us his nutivo sides The pitying angel leaves, And leads through toil and paradist J'cw Adams and now Eros. The Contrary Wife; Tho poet of the Boston Fost says: A waggish chap whoso vixen wife, By drowning, lust her precious lifo, Called out his neighbors, all around, And told thorn that his spouse was drowned, And, spite of search, eould not bo found ; Be know ho said, tho Tory nook Whoro sua had tumbled in the brook, And ho dragged along the shore, Above tho plaeo a milo or more. . ." Above the placo!" tho pcopboricd. " Why, what d'ye moan 1 " tho man ronlicd, . Of course, you don't supposo I'd go ' And wasto tho timo to look below 1 . I've known the woman quite a spell, And learnt her fashions tol'ble well-Alive or dend, she'd go, I avow, Against the current, any how ! " VHjE SGOTCg JBLOOD. A correspondent of tho Ciuei&nati Commercial, writing from Cleveland, tells a good story of an old Scotch woman that ho met on tho curs, in tho chargo of her grandson, a lad of 14, who was taking her back to Scotland. ;She was near an hundred years old, and so ifceble as not to bo ablo to tako caro of herself; but sho was bound to go back to Scotland at I II events. Tho reason why sho was so cam est wore quito worthy of a Scotcli woman. She had como over to this country only a few months ago, to dio among her children, who had settled in Green County, Missouri ; but us soon as she found out that they were steeped to full in tho Southern mania for Slavery, sho refused to bo comforted and was in terror lest she should die, and bo obliged to lay hor bones ' n such a God-forsaken country. Tho boy, her companion and attendant, said that ",fntlv had two niggors to wait on her," and had pro-Tided her withevcry convenience and comfort but sho refused to cat or to enjoy any of his bounties, and ho had finally to choose between sending hor to the crazy house at St. Louis, or sending hor back to Scotland. Tho question jwas asked tho boy whether thcro was not some cause of complaint besides those named, lie replied as follows : " None, none, only she ca'd out sho could us breathe for tho slavery, and she could na .die in peaco for tho bluid on father, and sho must gang owre tho sea and bo buried on tho hills wi' the tree folk." So sho went on her way, and will, wo trust, find a grave in a land among the'"froe folk." One of President PicrccsOfflclnls A writor from Utah, giving an account of matters and things there, tells tho following in relation to the individual whom the Frcsi dent of the United Statos persists in retaining s Governor of an important territory of the Union i . A man named Gideon, had the boldness to question Young's prerogative as Prophet of the Lord. The Governor denounced him some what in the following style, and U is a fair specimen or his ordinary orations t " Who is this Gidoon who has come among yon? He used to sell tapo in St. Loui.i, and now he is hero to blaspheme tho Lord and destroy 'the - House of Israel. , And . what should you, children of tho covenaut, do in return (or his evil work T Out with thebow-Jo-knivos ye wore like breastpins at Nauvoo, and in the name of God and the Prophet, give him h-U." $3 An affecting incident is related by a poncgal (Ireland) paper. A young boy and his sister, returning homaward, had to cross a ntonntaia. " The night was dark and stormy, and they lost their way. Next morning both Tore found dead from exposure. The boy and girl lay sidq by sido the latter with her arm arpupd her brother' keck, and her flannel pot-ticoet, rorooved from hor own person, was tmppodirovid ber brother's feet' ThuajdW ' the afcetkmttv cfeature sacrlflco her Own own ' life, ptrkapf. U rain effort to sustain'' that of A NLIGHT MISTAKE. Jim Ward is a conductor on tho eastern di vision of the Now York Central Railroad, run ning daily between Uticaand Albany. Ward has been in tho omploy of tho Central Railroad for a long period of years, and is ono of tho oldest conductors in tho country. Invariably accommodating and polite, he is particularly attcnlivo to tho ladies and always manages to make himself a favorite with thoso of the fair sex who accompany tho trains under his di' rcction. A short timo since, when a train under his direction was on its way cast from Utica, ono of those interesting incidents occurred on board tho ttiin, which adds to tho visible number of passengers, but scarcely over increases tho profits of the trip. Ward, as soon as ho discovered tho condition of tho lady, hustled ubout, and with tho train running forty miles an hour, fixed up a portion of tho express car, and had her conveyed thorcto. A physician by tho name of licocher was on tbo train. His services were immediately put in requisition, and in a short timo Ward had tho pleasure of announcing to his anxious passengers, that mothor and babo were "doing as well as could bo expected under tho circum-stances."The. mother was a poor woman, and as soon as it became known, Ward went round with a hat and in a short timo a handsomo purse was collected, and Jim with hiscountcnanco absolutely filtering off happinesstook it in to tho mother. Afterho re-appeared, the passengers proposed tho child should bo named. No sooner said than done. Jim went in and cot tho baby, with the consent of its delighted mother brought it out, when it was proposed that it should bo named "James Ward," after Jim, and Bccchcr after the physician, who had professionally attended the mother. It was adopted by acclamation, and amid a general shout and approbation tho babo was named " James Ward Bccchcr ." Jim with a smilo of ill-concealed delight, was lugging off his little namesake, when some of tho ladies requested to see tho " little baby." It was passed from hand to hand among the ladies, all admiring tho little bundle, but at tho same timo a general d's.xisition to smilo and stuff handkerchiefs in their mouths, becamo manifest among tho women. Jim wondered but wondered in vain, what this subdued laughter meant, until tho babo was handed to an old lady. Sho had not had it tnoro than a minute, when she exclaimed : " Law, Suz!" "Well; what's the matter," said Jim, fear fully. " Why, it's a gai. ! " said tho old woman, handing tho babo to Jim. Then rose a yell of laughter ; tho men broko out first, then tho women, then they broko out together, until ono universal scream filled tho car, Several gentlemen throw their hats and mufflers out of tho windows, while others endeavored, unsuccessfully, to " saw thoir legs off." Tho women blushed and screamed ; tho men shouted and held their sides. In tho midst of this storm of fuu and laughter, Jim made his cscapo from tho car with his female "Jim Ward Bccchcr," and, for tho rest of tho trip, on tho platform of tho baggago car, ruminatod on the sudden changes and mutations of human life Buffalo Jiejiui- lie. The Forllicoiiiiiitf Inuugiinslioii, Tho Washington Union of tho 18th says : For several davs past the hotels and board ing-houses havo been steadily filling up by tho arrivals or visiters in anticipation ot tho inaucr uration. Our cotcinporary of tho Star alludes to the crowd as lollows : " Tho leading hotels aro all overflowing, whilo all tho boarding-houses of Washington havo already a good supply of guests, attract ed by tho wonderful things to bo dono and seen hero on the 4th proximo and shortly thereafter. Thero aro moro stranger ladies, of fashionablo cxtoriors, in Washington at this timo than wo ever before saw hero except on inauguration day. Their presence gi,ves a glow ut animation, not only to uie nnuicuiato surroundings of Congress, tho parlors of our fasluonablo hotels, tlie bmithsoman Institu tion, tho Patent Olllce building, mid other pub lie edifices visited by nearly ail strangers who come bithor, but to 1'cnnsylvania avenue. which glittors with them when tho sun shines until it perhaps equaled iicoadway itself yes. tcrday aftornoon." SIIOOTI.a STAKS. There is a man who, when tho stars aro out abovo, and tho municipals stars are .complacent below, rigs up a telescope at tho comer ,pf Park Place and Broadway, whorcwith to study astronomy, at sixpenco a squint. QflO night, as be was gotting under way, two Irish "gintlemon" were seen taking an observation of his movements. Both were members of Mayor Wood's body guard, form crly known as policemen. "Jemmy," said one, "what in tho wurruld is that fellow afthor with his machinery ? " " What, ye spallpeen ? " whispered tho oth er, "sure and can't yesoe that it's anair-gun-cannon that ho's got 1 lie's afthor shooting stars, ho is." " Hadn't we better be getting out it tho way, then ?" inquired hit friend. "Suro an't it's not us," was the answor. Didn't ye Wcr hoar of shooting stars ? " By this time the toloscopo man had arrang ed his instrument and squintod through it up at the stars. ' Tho policemen gazod up like wise, in wonder. Just then, by an odd chanft, a large moteor shot down tho sky. ' V Bedad, he hit it IIo's fetchod it down," cried both the Paddies in a breath. "Suro and that's the greatest shooting ' ivcr saw in myiiib!-. ;: ..,i . 'X;..;;. frT A jeweler advertise that be has num ber of precious stoves to dispose of; adding, that tbey sparkW liks tho toon of a young lrid.i-"l M 1 ,': 'I :) J -4 Coniircssioual. tOKllll'TlON INVESTIGATION. In tho IIouso of Representatives on Thurs day tho 17th, Mr. Davis of Maryland, roso to a privileged question. Ho stated that ho was instructed by tho Select Committee appointed on tho 9th ult., to investigate tho alleged cor nipt combinations of members of Congress, to submit a spacial report in reference to tho case of lion. Vm. A Gilbert, of Now York, lie was further directed to uiovo that tho report be printed, and that its further consideration be postponed until Monday next, Mr. Bennett, of New York, objected to tho reception of tho report. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, contended that tho report implicated meinbors of tho IIouso who woro not before tho committco to cxamino tho witnesses by whoso testimony they wcro implicated, and that tho committoo had exceed' cd tho authority given to it by tho House, and therefore was not entitled to submit its report as a question of privilege. Considerable discussion ensued as to the right of tho IIouso to hear the report before being called upon to detcrmino the question of its reception, during which tho impatience of members was frequently manifesotd by repeat' cd and vociferous cries of "read, read ! " Tho Spcakor stated that ho was of opinion that tho report must be stated to tho House, in order that tho body might detcrmino whether or not tho Committee had exceeded its juris diction. Mr. Davis, of Maryland, then read from the Clerk's desk tho report of tho committee. Tho report reviews the testimony in the caso of Mr. Gilbert, and concludes by offering tho following resolutions .: .. uesoivca, mat vvnjia.m A. Uiibert, a member of tbo House from New York, did agree with F. F. C. Triplet.t J,o procure tho pas sage of a resolution or bill through the pres ent Congress, for tho purchase by Congress of certain copies of tlifl book of the said Triplott, on the Pension and Bounty Land Laws, in consideration that tho said Triplott should allow him to rcceivo a certain sum of money out of tho appropriation for tho u chaio of the book. 2. JResolve.l, That William Gilbert did cast his vote on tho Iowa land bill, depending heretofore before this Congress, for a corrupt con- sidjnition. consisting of seven squarj miles of land and somo stock given, or to bo given, to him. 3. Ileaolucd, That William A. Cilbc.rt.a member of this House, from New York, bo forthwith expelled from this House Tho speaker decided then that tho report must bo received to .the cxtept that it implicat ed a member of tho Houso in the subject referred to the committee. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, raised a point of ordor thot, under Parliamentary law, tho committee could not tako testimony after a member was implicated without first coming before tho IIouso and obtaining authority for that purpose. Ho wished to know if, when Sweeney gavo tho namo of a member as implicated in a fraudulent transaction, tho committco suspended the examination and notified that member, in order that ho might appear before them and confront tho witness. Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, thought that tho report just road should havo relieved the mind of tho gentleman upon the subject of in quiry, in tho courso of tho investigation with which tho committco had been charged, a wit ncss (Mr. S weonoy ) implicated one of tho mem' hers of tho IIouso. TJio .committee preceded to tako his testimony, and that of such other witnesses as they found was material to tho understanding of tho whole case. They then caused to ho mado out and placed in tho pos session of such member a complcto copy of every portion of the testimony which affected hiiu, with tho notification that the party could cross cxarninc tho witnesses, and produco ex planatory or exculpatory tostiniony and orgU' ment. That was dono in tho case of Mr. Gil bert, but ho declined to cxamino tho witness' Mr. Grow replied, that after they had stab bed the reputation of the member, aftor they had blackened his charactor, tbo committee had notified him that ho might appear. Ho would chargo upon tho .committco that they had violated tho privileges of the IIouso and tho constitutional rights of its members. Mr. Quitoon,of Mississippi, desired to kno,w from what sourco tho gentleman had procured this testimony which ho had cited. Mr. Grow replied that he held in his hands a copy of tho testimony which had been scrv ed upon Mr. Gilbert somo oightecn days after it was taken. v Grow objected to tho reception of tho report because tbo Committee, had exceeded thoir authority. Davis of Maryland, warmly and ably defend ed tho Committee, as it was constituted, and that it had acted according to instructions. Mr. Bonnctt of New York, questioned the jurisdiction of tho Committco. Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, was not Surpris ed that the Committee had been arraigned, for kn had cxpocted that they would be. Tho ob oe t or purpose of the Committco was to pre sent tho report, and ask that it might be printed, and that the consideration should bo postponed till Monday next, by which time the report and all the evidence might be printed and laid upon tho tables of tho members, so that they could form just coiclusiofls o tLp hplo subject, , . . .. .Gentleman spoke about tho character of tho witnesses. I'he Coinmittco had weighed tho testimony and IhCcharactor of those witnesses and he would have been glad, indeed, if he eould state that they were unworthy; but bo could not do it. ' Gentlemen sajd that ono of the witnesses' In this case was turned off m a doorkeeper. So" would stats that jonlr.one year ago this witness was appointed a door keeper of tho House by tho influenco of the gentleman from Now York himself. With reference to tho other witness, it was said that Mr. Triplott was dismissed for malfeasance in onlco, Ho would ask whoro was tho ovidunco that ho was so dismissed. Ho would undertake to say that it was tho first time ho had hoard any such chargo mado against him. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, had boon informed that it was a fact, and ho hod stated it for tho information of tho House. Ho did not know it himself. Mr. Orr. Tho gentleman says ho heard it I think it is duo to tho witness that ho should say from whom ho hoard it. Mr. Grow. It was not the gentleman from Now York. Mr. A. K. Marshall, of Kentucky, stated that Mr. Triplott was a Kcntuckian, and ho did not boliovo tho statement at tho timo it was mado. Ho had sinco sought information on this subject, and had found that, instead of being dismissed nt all, ho had actually resigned himself, and entered upon somo other business, which ho had pursued without discredit so far as ho had heard. Mr. II. Marshall, of Kentucy, had to say that ho knew Mr. Triplott well. He had practiced at tho bar with him, and thought that his character would compare with any member upon tho floor of tha Houso. Mr. Orr stated that what tho committee de sired was, that if tho Houso received tho re port and ordered it to bo printed, it could bo dono and laid upon tho tables of members by to-morrow afternoon, and gentlemen could then havo an opportunity of investigating tho evidenco for thumselves. Mr. Kunkcl, of Pennsylvania, had no doubt as to tho integrity of tho members of the com-1 mittcc, but he could not deal with conversations, but ho would deal with facts.' Tho re port shows that the witness, Sweeny, was ask ed as to tho conduct of the accused in respect to tho Iowa land bill. Ho (the witness) is represented as saying that ho wasto get this land and stock, from a Mr. Cbaso. If tho re port had shown that Mr. Chase had been examined, and had testified that the accused had received the land and stock, then it should go ainst him ; but if ho had testified that he had received nothing, thon it should be stated in tho report in his fuvor, and would bo to Mr. K. conclusivo ovidenco that ho was not guilty of tho chargo. Mr. Galloway, of Ohio, did not intend to bo placed in a false position before tho House, and hoped that tho report would ba received. Ho thought that if every gentleman hero was placed in a position similar to that occupied by tho gentleman from New York, thoy could then toll what they would do. If ho w;is placed in such a position, ho would not only court, but ho would demand an investigation-Ho said, let every man put this question to himself, and ho could then decide what was best to be dono. Ho appeared as the friend of the accused, but he would say that he ought to" have the investigation. Tho conduct of the gentleman's colleagues looked as if they entertained doubts of him when they opposed tho reception of tho report. When tho ovi denco was before tho IIouso thon thoro would be a trial. Ho thought that tho committee should havo tho gratitude of the wholo country for tho manner in which thoy had perform ed their duty. Mr. Wakoman, of Now York, contended that tho party charged had aright to be hoard, and that the committee had misconceived their duty. Mr. Cadwalador, of Pennsylvania, then moV' cd tho previous question j but withdrew it, when Mr. Davis, of Maryland, modified his niO' tion in such a manner as to includo all tho re ports. He stated that they were in the hands of various members of the committco, and that thore were three special and ono general report. Ho would now ask that tho reports be received by tho IIouso and printed. Ho do manded tho previous question. Tho previous question was seconded ; and tho question recurring upon tho motion as modifiod, it was agreed to yeas 101, nays 5. Mr. Davis then moved that tho further,con sidcration of tho subject bo postponed till Wednesday next ; which motion was agrood The general report closes with tho following paragraph in explanation .of a lrH which the committco submitted for tho consideration of Congioss : " To meet and renpody, or at loast to investigate theso evils, the committco havo unanimously ordered tho following bill to bo reported, with a request that it bo printed and referred to tho Committco of the Wholo on the State of the Union. They do not ask its consideration as matter of privilege because of the advanced period of tho session, but they are unwilling to closo their investigation without submitting to the consideration of the House and the country a measure which the next Congress may bo enabled to perfect and enact mto a law, which, with tho law of 1853 and the law touching recusant witnesses of this session, throws all the guards around tho government against corruption that can bo affor-: ded by any legislation.'.' A BILL to protect the people against corrupt and secret influenco in mattors of legislation. Dt it tjyxcUi, fc., That no porson shall, di rectly or indirectly, offer or agrco to give any money, or other vnluablo thing, to any person for tho service of such person or any other person, in aiding or. advocating or procuring the passago or dofeat of aoy measure before either houso of Congress, or any cotnmittoe of either house, to bo paid or delivorod oq the contingency of the passago or dofeat of any measure before either houso of Congress or before any committoo of cither house ; and that no person shall tjri to accept or receive, or shall accopt or recoivo, any money or other valuable thing for aiding or advocating, or procuring tho passago or defeat of any measure before cither houso of Congress, or before any coinmittco of either house ; and that every bargain, contract, or security for any such compensation, or any such contingency, and all shifts and contrivances to covor or conceal such bargain, aro hereby declared null and void j and tho parties to any such bargain, con tract, or agrcemont, or understanding, as well the party U pay as tho party to recoivo the monoy or othor valuable thing or security thorofor, on any such contingency as is above indicated, are hereby declared guilty of a mis- demoanor, and on conviction thorcof before any Court of the United States having juris diction of the said offonco, shall suffor impris onment in the common jail for not less than six months nor moro than ono year, and bo sunject to a nno oi not less than ono hundred dollars nor moro than ono thousand. Sec. . And be it further ennctei, That no person having any interest in tho passage or defeat of any measure before oither houso of Congress, and no ajjent or person anting fur or representing any other person as agent orat-torney-in-law, or in fact for procuring, niding, or advocating tho passago or defeat of any measure before cither houso of Congress, or boioro any committee or cither house, shall approach, converse with, or explain to, or in any mannor attempt to influonoe, any member of either house relative to such measure, without first distinctly disclosing to such member whether ho is interested personally in his own ngnt, or as agent lor any other porson, in tho passage or defeat of such measure t and any persons who shall violato tho provisions of this section are horeby declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thorcof before nny Court of tho United States, bo punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor moro than ono year, and by a fir.o of not less than ono hundred dollars nor more than one thousand, dollars. Tho following resolution accompanies tho general report : JiesolveJ, That James W. Simonton bo expelled from the floor of this Houso as a reporter.Tho following resolutions are appended to tho report in tho caso of Mr. Edwards of Now York. Reserved, That Francis S. Edwards, a mem-hcr of this House from the Stato of Now York, did, on tho 23d day of December last, attempt to cntico Robert T. Paine, a member of this Houso from the Stato of North Carolina, to voto contrary to the dictntcs of his iudirmont and conscience on a bill making a crant of lands to aid in tho construction of a railroad in tho territory of Minnesota by holding out a pecuniary consideration to tho said Payos for his support of tho said bilL JSoolued, That tho said Francis S. Edwards Uj, Hiid lie Is liorouy expelled from this IIouso. I ho following resolutions nro appended to tno report in tno caso oi Mr. Welch, of Con nccticut : 1. Hc3o!ucl, That William W. Welch did corruptly combine with William A. Gilbert, a member pf this House frem New York, to pro- euro the passago of a resolution or bill through this House for tho purchase of certain copies oi me woi k ot jr. jr. u J ripiett on tho Tension and Bounty Land Laws for money to bo paid to tho said William A. Gilbert on its pas-Bye.a. Remhed, That William W. Welch did attempt to procure money from J. R. Sweeny for reporting favorably on tho claim of Roxa-na Kimball from the Committco on Invalid Pensions at this Congress. 3. Unsolved, That William W. Welch, a member of this IIouso from Conno.ticut, be forthwith expelled from this IIouso. Tho following resolutions aro appended to tho report in the caso of Mr. Mattosou, of New-York : juemv&i, jnai ursamus i. Aiattcson, a member of this IIouso from the Stato of New York, did incito parties deeply interested in tho passago of a joint resolution for construing tho Ucs flloincs grant when hero, and to use a large sum of money and other valuables corruptly, for the purposo of procurins tho pas sage .of said joint resolution through this tiouse. Iteseloed, That Orsamns B. Mattcson. in de claring that a largo number of the members of this House had associated themselves tn;reth or, and pledged themselves each to tho other not to voto tor any law or resolution granting money or lands unless they are paid for it, has falsely and wilfully defamed tho character of this Houso, and has proved himself unworthy to bo a member thereof. JiesoiuM, mat ursamus 1J. Mattcson, a member of this Houso for tho Stato of New-York, be, and is hereby, expelled thorofrom AN EXPENSIVE POLICY! In somo of our citios tho Magistracy thinks it inexpedient to executo tho laws, enacted to protect tbo peoplo from the manifold ovi,ls of the rum traffic. But their policy, to say nothing more of it, is very expensive. Jt appoars frqn tho returns published by tbo Secretary of State, that the wholo number of paupers supported in Lypn, tho List year, was 027. Out of fheso 650 woro made paupers by in- temperance, in themselves or others. The wholo expense of supporting the paupers for tho year was 75G0 dollars ; of courso it cost Lynn 7631 dollars to pay the pauper expenses attending the rum trade in the city, to say nothing of many other, and worse expenses attending it. It appears, also, as tho same returns of the Secretary, that whilo the average percent of the paupor tax paid for intcmpor- ance, throughout tho State, is 34 per cent, of tho whole pauper tax, those counties which contain tho cities that do not executo the liquor law, pay double that per oent. Suffolk County, that is, Boston and Chelsea, stands at the head, in respect to the proportion of tax' !br intemperance ; paying 75 per ent of all which it pays for tho support of paupers, as a tax for tbo free liquor which it maintains, in spite of the law. Essex stands next, paying 63 per cent Middlesex stands at the same. No other county goes highor thnn 47 per cent. That Ureaehod by Hampden. Dukes and Nantucket pay It) per cent, Plymouth 20 ; Hampshire, 27 Norfolk, 24. Tho inference is that tho city Governments, virtually protecting the same traffic, aro vory expensive Got- crninonts. Puritan Recorder 12A. 03"Whito hair is. the chalk with which Tiino keeps its scores two, throe, 'or four oore, as the case may bo oo man's hoed. IM OltMATIOM FOU EMICKANTS TO BANS AH. Wo havo reccivod from Wni. II. Stanley, Esq., a copy of a paper from the office of the National Committee, da-tod Chicago, February llith, which contains valuable information to persons about emigrating to Kansas. We publish below an extract which wo consider most important, not having room for the wholo. Wo shall try to givo tho remainder of the articlo room, as we are anxious to furnish all tho information possible to assist emi gration : time roa EMIOHATISO. If you conclude to go to Kansas, tho sooner you start after navigation opens, the better. If you go in March or April, you can bcuuro a claim break somo portion of it, and get in a fcw acres of corn, beans, and potatoes. Planting commences about tho loth of April, and may bo continued to tho 1st of June. Corn planted on tho sod yields from 30 to 40 bushels to tho acre, or about half its yield on old land. Any farmer of ordinary capacity, liav-ing his team and tools and being on the ground by tho 1st of April, will bo ablo to raiso food enough to keep his family through tho winter till another harvest. Tho land is ready for tho plow in March, and continues so till the 1st of December. The ground may bo work ed for all agricultural purposes during uiac months of tho year. Tho Missouri river is always open as early as tho 1st of March, and affords a cheap, coui- lortablo and easy transit to Kansas. WHAT TO TAKE. This will depend upon tho timo you go and tho placo where you start. In all cases cam- such articles of necessity and convenience as you havo, unless vory heavy or bulky. Car. ry abundant bedding, good strong clothing, a few chairs and a tables tho stovo if you can tako it to pieces, a few dishos, and whatovoris necessary for housc-keoping, judjed by the pioneer standard. Carry also garden seeds of all kinds. Pro cure a hundred or two root grafts, apple and pear, plum, cherry, peach and grape roots, currants, ornamental shrubs and other small fruits in outtings or roots. Pack thorn in damp saw dust in a box and tako thora with you. You will find some placo to sot them and they will pay you a hundred fold, and surround your new homo with comfort and beauty. If you have tools tV tlinni. Tf not, you can purcliu&e qultO OS shoap at St. Louis or in Kansas as in the East. Your coarso stuff should be shipped by some transportation company to reach Kansas as cheap as possible. Freights up the Missouri to Kansas are from 30 cts. to $2,50 per hundred, according to the j stage of the water. The highest rates occur ! in March, October and Novomber. Lowest in May and J uno. Present rates are $ 1,00. ItOUTKS. Arrangements havo been mado with the fol lowing lines of transportation for tho issuing of .through tickets to Kansas Emigrants at a reduction of 25 per cent, from tho regular pri ces, viz : Fall River routo from Boston to Now York. New York & Erie R. R., New York to Dun kirk or Buffalo. Lako Shore R. R. from Buffalo and Dun kirk to Cleveland or Toledo. From Cleveland to St. Louis by tho Clove-land, Columbus & Cincinnati, Bellefontaine, St Indiana, Indianopolis, Pittsburgh & Cleveland. Torra Hauto & Richmond, nnd Tcrro Ilauto, Alton & St. Louis Railroads. Persons wish-ing to do so can go through Columbus by tlie Columbus Sc Nonia Railroad, and proceed from Torre Haute by tho Ohio & Mississippi R. R. to St. Louis. From Toledo to St. Louis by tho Toledo, Wabash & Western and Terra Hauto & Alton R. R.'s, or via Michigan Southern and Ciiicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R.'s. From St. Louis by Steamers or by tho Pacific R. R. to Jofforson City and thence by steamers to Kansas. Through tickets will be sold at tho princi-1 ticket offices on theso routes oither to single individuals or companies. Theso tickets entitle tho holder U) fiivt .cla-a furo .with meals and berth on the Missouri riyer fcoats, and 100 pounds of baggngo to each person. Arrangements aro king made for a similar redaction oyer .other rovtcs which will be announced when completed. All baggago sho'd bo carefully marked and checked through. Tho passago from Boston or New York occu-pios about a week, four or fire days of it being spent on the Missouri steamers which are among tho best on our waters. Freight may bo consigned with proper directions to " Caro Simmoons i Lcadbcatc, St Louis. Mo." An cstimato of tho expense of reaching the territory by these routes may bo formed by noticing tho prices of tickets from tho following points : Boston to Kansas (approximately). . . . 34,0O New York or Albany 00,00 Buffalo or Dunkirk 2f,00 Cleveland 21,00 Chicago C,00 Children nndor 12 years of age half price. OVERLA.VD ROUTS. Persons wishing to go with their own toams can mako a safe and ca?y lrtyt4 aipss Iowa or Missouri Tho principal routes crost the Mississippi at Dub.iiquo, Davenport, Mu.tcatine Burlington, IlanpiUil, Mo., and St Lonis. Either of tfcQsc. aro good wagon route, and the choice will be dolortnined by tho starting point A loaded team will mako 33 utile per day, the distance from tho (krthost point named boiflg about 400 miles. It k hardly safe to start before the 1st of May, as the teams must depend upon green feed. The expotue w trifling if provnion made for camp-ng.-1 In warm weather 'hia trip can owtilion ci jn by females, without exposure to sav:o hard ships. No difficulty will bo encountered in finding the routo from any of the above start-.' ing K)ints. Every party should havo a tent,' cooking utensils and abundant bedding. They can live in their wagons and tents after arriving in tho territory, until a homo is wcured, I.ASIUNO POINTS IS KANSAS. Persons wishing to go up tho Kansas xtU ley or to tl)0 SQiitheri) portion of tho torritory should stop at Wyandot'.o City or Quindaro,' two new towns in closo proximity with each other, and located on tho Missouri riyer, just ubovo tho mouth of tho Kansas. Col. Eld-.' ridgn, lato proprietor of tho Free Stato Hotel, will run a line of hacks daily from Wyandotte to Lawrence Furo threo dollars. A stoami er recently purchased by Thaddeus Hyatt, Esq., of New York, will mako regular trips from Quindaro to Lawrence threo times a week carrying passengers at threo dollars a piece At thoso points teams can bo obtained for any part of the torritory, and purchases of stores, can bo made. Leavenworth City 25 miles, higher up, Atchison 10 miles beyond, Doniphan and Iowa Point, connect with tho Northern portion of tho torritory aud communis cato by stago with tho interior. ItEEIGIOUS, Considerable controversy exists between tha anti-slavery and pro-slavery editors of tho Methodist Protestant Church. Our brother-Bassett, of tho Western Methodist Protestant has this among his paragraphs : " Slavery ia not contont with tho cnthrallmont of tho African race it loaves not tho while man free I It makes the ink and paper provisions of Fed t end and Stato Constitutions, securing to all citizens tho liberty of speech and the press, all farce. Ihose who exercise these rights. whoro tho rights of slavo or slaveholders, are called in question, do it at their peril. Who. does not see that the editor of tiio Methodist I rotcstant is not free. Our worthy brothen has our sympathies. Wo envy hiiu not hi ' position. If he considers the institution of slavery, as a system, wrong or impolitic, couJ4 ho say so in hjs paper J Wo will be told that this is a DoMi'en? que! tion and irrelevant to a Church paper. Wa can not admit that this is a political quoBtion, only. And at all events, ho is ppt jircpludo4 irom loucningcven political questions, a.HiuM, and even this ono, provided ho is 4ijjy guais ded to Uoop hia garments, frco frotq tfco dood ot abolition, lias fto not. while keening him self circumspect on tip nyrlh apd south quoaT tion, touched without fear or ro.si.rfc. uditical issues, in reviewing buekx, and ov en in ono in- stance, at least, stricturing the sentiments of a prominent Congressman V But sa subson-u cut is tho southern press, even tho Church press, to slaveholding jijturosts, fiat our ' brother Reese is not nt liberty to apt tho part of a faithful journalist."- J 'ii'.wa Chmtiai Advocate. Tho Now York correspondent of the I'l,))-delphia American Presbyterian writes tho fol lowing; "Tho facultiesol tho New York University and' Theological Seminary, wore, ns long since, invited to' tho houso of ono of our merchant princes, and a.-ked how brief a courso of study (hoy could wisely mid conscientiously commend for a certain number of young men, chosen for their 'pit-y and intellectual promise, to prepare them lor tho ministry. The great and increasing demand for ministers, was, of courso, the motive for abridging tho course of study to tho shortest practica- ' bio period ; and aOer duo consultation, it was decided that by arranging a curriculum spo-ciully fr the purpose, and by a combination of tho ordinary studies of tho two institution a courso deemed adoquato under tjbji ejreum. stances, might be riiado up, which extend only through four years, in both Collcgo and Seminary. On this basis, the proposal wm thon mado by the gentleman referred to, select and to educate at hisoxpensc, fifty . young men for tho four j oars' course, at an estimated cost of $300 per year for tho entire torm a sum practically contributed to tho . education causo of $15,000 per yojr for (bus years.'' .'.'.muf The "Worlit" of Xevsiiirrf Tho whole numborof powspapers published in the United States am Territories in 3,fi34. Xew York boasts Ol.t,- Pennsrlvunia, 419;-Ohio, 382; Illinois, 22j, and MnttfaehusetM, -1'J. Large number? die out every year, but the births arc in excess of the deaths. Tlmm arc 50 newspapers published in Canada ; 5 in U 1.. ' L t . .... ' uiu ounuwu-n jsiunus, m 2 in Sew Iiruna-wick. In England and Wales there are 272 newspapers; lu Scotland, 00; Ireland, ll-t; and in the British Isles nnd Jeracr. 17 total 108. There are alxnit 1,500 published in Geri many about two-thirtU mere advertising sheets. In France, out of Paris, vory little ia known of journalism. The whole number of newspapers does not oxcvod 60. Thero am. nut moro than 30 or 4U nc spcro piJilhi in Spain. In Italy tlys ftimibur of nJvvppoiI is very small ; ';cdiunt ha two. Constan-tinopfu has 13 neirsiuiieii. "In Itimi. ih.nl arc about, Iqp $$mp:n' and nearly as ttuur magazines. ' " Th Iljinoli and WisMtiin. tJatfre,' Cincaoo, Feb. 9-T-m fer'a icy' aproi-. tioh'mont.Of J-oprcsontatiou in the Leglijitiiij of Illinois passed to-djy. An exoiting tcvw occurred In consequence of an attempt bj tl Democrats to expunge tho protest of tho l!e;. publican mombors against tho mannor of th passago of the act. Governor Bissell vetoed the lil yvjitorJ"-' Tho Loguilaturg adjourped thi uiorpuig. . ' A pcmunal liberty J$J fa eifietj the h: ialaturc of Wisconsin. ' " " ' Oy Anpsj 5fin. qoyemar King, if Now JToit. Lii jrelooij the supply bill because it contain appropriations for Davins momhuni of the Legislature extra allowsncen for servi ces upon cotumittcos during tho recoH. Ut d therefore perform, hkd.ty by wiilhuldi fctf his aancttea. - -

. tnw. ' iU4idrif -' '---- , -uj. T - " - -""Mltwill-iMtiliiW-l ..m- ,rmm9 II 1 n III uiunn imili l"i HT' 1 -mriil iiiiilsiiisliiiii in lmn mm i nip tii.k u k If r iw sftil -M r n - ii v f.'li fil j ..1 nit Ifc ! 1 v -r'n . 1 - Lr . n. r- t-iu n r. ' 1 .... ... ,. VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 3, 1857. NO 16. 03" The following linos wore sent to the Essex Countr Massachusetts, Agricultural Fair, held at Newbury, on tho 21th October. The initials tall us thoy are by Whitticr : On. morninj of the Brat sad Full, Poor Adam unil bis brida Sat la tbo shudo of L'dou's wall .1- liut on tbo outer side. She, blushing In her fig-loaf mit, . For tbo oliaste garb of old, Ho, tighigo'or his bitter fruit, Fortduu'i grapoj of gold. JJoMnd them, smiling in tho morn, Their forfeit garden lay j JJot'oro thorn wild with rock and thorn, . ,. The desert itrotobed awuy. They heard tho air nbovo them fannod, A light step on tbo sward ; And lo 1 they saw before them stand i Too Angel of tho Lord I Aria I ' he said, " why JoqV bohind, When hope ii all beforu. And patient band and willing mind, Your loss may yot restore 7 ' " I leavo with you a spoil whoso power Can make the desert glad, And tall around you fruit and flowor As fair as Edoa had, 8 1 etoths your hands with power to lift The eurse from off your soil ; your Tory doom shall so'om a gift, your loss a gaiu through toil. f Go, ohoorful as yon humming boo, To labor as to play i " White glimmering oyer Edou's twos, Tho Angel passed away. The pilgrims of tho world wont forth, Obedient to tho word ; And found whoro'er they tilled tbo earth, A garden of tho Lord I The thorn tree east its tfril fruit, And blushed with plum and pear And seeded grass and trodden root Grow sweet bonoatb their caro. We share onr primal paren t's fate, And is our turn and day Look buck on Eden's sworded gate, As sad and lest as they. But still for us his nutivo sides The pitying angel leaves, And leads through toil and paradist J'cw Adams and now Eros. The Contrary Wife; Tho poet of the Boston Fost says: A waggish chap whoso vixen wife, By drowning, lust her precious lifo, Called out his neighbors, all around, And told thorn that his spouse was drowned, And, spite of search, eould not bo found ; Be know ho said, tho Tory nook Whoro sua had tumbled in the brook, And ho dragged along the shore, Above tho plaeo a milo or more. . ." Above the placo!" tho pcopboricd. " Why, what d'ye moan 1 " tho man ronlicd, . Of course, you don't supposo I'd go ' And wasto tho timo to look below 1 . I've known the woman quite a spell, And learnt her fashions tol'ble well-Alive or dend, she'd go, I avow, Against the current, any how ! " VHjE SGOTCg JBLOOD. A correspondent of tho Ciuei&nati Commercial, writing from Cleveland, tells a good story of an old Scotch woman that ho met on tho curs, in tho chargo of her grandson, a lad of 14, who was taking her back to Scotland. ;She was near an hundred years old, and so ifceble as not to bo ablo to tako caro of herself; but sho was bound to go back to Scotland at I II events. Tho reason why sho was so cam est wore quito worthy of a Scotcli woman. She had como over to this country only a few months ago, to dio among her children, who had settled in Green County, Missouri ; but us soon as she found out that they were steeped to full in tho Southern mania for Slavery, sho refused to bo comforted and was in terror lest she should die, and bo obliged to lay hor bones ' n such a God-forsaken country. Tho boy, her companion and attendant, said that ",fntlv had two niggors to wait on her," and had pro-Tided her withevcry convenience and comfort but sho refused to cat or to enjoy any of his bounties, and ho had finally to choose between sending hor to the crazy house at St. Louis, or sending hor back to Scotland. Tho question jwas asked tho boy whether thcro was not some cause of complaint besides those named, lie replied as follows : " None, none, only she ca'd out sho could us breathe for tho slavery, and she could na .die in peaco for tho bluid on father, and sho must gang owre tho sea and bo buried on tho hills wi' the tree folk." So sho went on her way, and will, wo trust, find a grave in a land among the'"froe folk." One of President PicrccsOfflclnls A writor from Utah, giving an account of matters and things there, tells tho following in relation to the individual whom the Frcsi dent of the United Statos persists in retaining s Governor of an important territory of the Union i . A man named Gideon, had the boldness to question Young's prerogative as Prophet of the Lord. The Governor denounced him some what in the following style, and U is a fair specimen or his ordinary orations t " Who is this Gidoon who has come among yon? He used to sell tapo in St. Loui.i, and now he is hero to blaspheme tho Lord and destroy 'the - House of Israel. , And . what should you, children of tho covenaut, do in return (or his evil work T Out with thebow-Jo-knivos ye wore like breastpins at Nauvoo, and in the name of God and the Prophet, give him h-U." $3 An affecting incident is related by a poncgal (Ireland) paper. A young boy and his sister, returning homaward, had to cross a ntonntaia. " The night was dark and stormy, and they lost their way. Next morning both Tore found dead from exposure. The boy and girl lay sidq by sido the latter with her arm arpupd her brother' keck, and her flannel pot-ticoet, rorooved from hor own person, was tmppodirovid ber brother's feet' ThuajdW ' the afcetkmttv cfeature sacrlflco her Own own ' life, ptrkapf. U rain effort to sustain'' that of A NLIGHT MISTAKE. Jim Ward is a conductor on tho eastern di vision of the Now York Central Railroad, run ning daily between Uticaand Albany. Ward has been in tho omploy of tho Central Railroad for a long period of years, and is ono of tho oldest conductors in tho country. Invariably accommodating and polite, he is particularly attcnlivo to tho ladies and always manages to make himself a favorite with thoso of the fair sex who accompany tho trains under his di' rcction. A short timo since, when a train under his direction was on its way cast from Utica, ono of those interesting incidents occurred on board tho ttiin, which adds to tho visible number of passengers, but scarcely over increases tho profits of the trip. Ward, as soon as ho discovered tho condition of tho lady, hustled ubout, and with tho train running forty miles an hour, fixed up a portion of tho express car, and had her conveyed thorcto. A physician by tho name of licocher was on tbo train. His services were immediately put in requisition, and in a short timo Ward had tho pleasure of announcing to his anxious passengers, that mothor and babo were "doing as well as could bo expected under tho circum-stances."The. mother was a poor woman, and as soon as it became known, Ward went round with a hat and in a short timo a handsomo purse was collected, and Jim with hiscountcnanco absolutely filtering off happinesstook it in to tho mother. Afterho re-appeared, the passengers proposed tho child should bo named. No sooner said than done. Jim went in and cot tho baby, with the consent of its delighted mother brought it out, when it was proposed that it should bo named "James Ward," after Jim, and Bccchcr after the physician, who had professionally attended the mother. It was adopted by acclamation, and amid a general shout and approbation tho babo was named " James Ward Bccchcr ." Jim with a smilo of ill-concealed delight, was lugging off his little namesake, when some of tho ladies requested to see tho " little baby." It was passed from hand to hand among the ladies, all admiring tho little bundle, but at tho same timo a general d's.xisition to smilo and stuff handkerchiefs in their mouths, becamo manifest among tho women. Jim wondered but wondered in vain, what this subdued laughter meant, until tho babo was handed to an old lady. Sho had not had it tnoro than a minute, when she exclaimed : " Law, Suz!" "Well; what's the matter," said Jim, fear fully. " Why, it's a gai. ! " said tho old woman, handing tho babo to Jim. Then rose a yell of laughter ; tho men broko out first, then tho women, then they broko out together, until ono universal scream filled tho car, Several gentlemen throw their hats and mufflers out of tho windows, while others endeavored, unsuccessfully, to " saw thoir legs off." Tho women blushed and screamed ; tho men shouted and held their sides. In tho midst of this storm of fuu and laughter, Jim made his cscapo from tho car with his female "Jim Ward Bccchcr," and, for tho rest of tho trip, on tho platform of tho baggago car, ruminatod on the sudden changes and mutations of human life Buffalo Jiejiui- lie. The Forllicoiiiiiitf Inuugiinslioii, Tho Washington Union of tho 18th says : For several davs past the hotels and board ing-houses havo been steadily filling up by tho arrivals or visiters in anticipation ot tho inaucr uration. Our cotcinporary of tho Star alludes to the crowd as lollows : " Tho leading hotels aro all overflowing, whilo all tho boarding-houses of Washington havo already a good supply of guests, attract ed by tho wonderful things to bo dono and seen hero on the 4th proximo and shortly thereafter. Thero aro moro stranger ladies, of fashionablo cxtoriors, in Washington at this timo than wo ever before saw hero except on inauguration day. Their presence gi,ves a glow ut animation, not only to uie nnuicuiato surroundings of Congress, tho parlors of our fasluonablo hotels, tlie bmithsoman Institu tion, tho Patent Olllce building, mid other pub lie edifices visited by nearly ail strangers who come bithor, but to 1'cnnsylvania avenue. which glittors with them when tho sun shines until it perhaps equaled iicoadway itself yes. tcrday aftornoon." SIIOOTI.a STAKS. There is a man who, when tho stars aro out abovo, and tho municipals stars are .complacent below, rigs up a telescope at tho comer ,pf Park Place and Broadway, whorcwith to study astronomy, at sixpenco a squint. QflO night, as be was gotting under way, two Irish "gintlemon" were seen taking an observation of his movements. Both were members of Mayor Wood's body guard, form crly known as policemen. "Jemmy," said one, "what in tho wurruld is that fellow afthor with his machinery ? " " What, ye spallpeen ? " whispered tho oth er, "sure and can't yesoe that it's anair-gun-cannon that ho's got 1 lie's afthor shooting stars, ho is." " Hadn't we better be getting out it tho way, then ?" inquired hit friend. "Suro an't it's not us," was the answor. Didn't ye Wcr hoar of shooting stars ? " By this time the toloscopo man had arrang ed his instrument and squintod through it up at the stars. ' Tho policemen gazod up like wise, in wonder. Just then, by an odd chanft, a large moteor shot down tho sky. ' V Bedad, he hit it IIo's fetchod it down," cried both the Paddies in a breath. "Suro and that's the greatest shooting ' ivcr saw in myiiib!-. ;: ..,i . 'X;..;;. frT A jeweler advertise that be has num ber of precious stoves to dispose of; adding, that tbey sparkW liks tho toon of a young lrid.i-"l M 1 ,': 'I :) J -4 Coniircssioual. tOKllll'TlON INVESTIGATION. In tho IIouso of Representatives on Thurs day tho 17th, Mr. Davis of Maryland, roso to a privileged question. Ho stated that ho was instructed by tho Select Committee appointed on tho 9th ult., to investigate tho alleged cor nipt combinations of members of Congress, to submit a spacial report in reference to tho case of lion. Vm. A Gilbert, of Now York, lie was further directed to uiovo that tho report be printed, and that its further consideration be postponed until Monday next, Mr. Bennett, of New York, objected to tho reception of tho report. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, contended that tho report implicated meinbors of tho IIouso who woro not before tho committco to cxamino tho witnesses by whoso testimony they wcro implicated, and that tho committoo had exceed' cd tho authority given to it by tho House, and therefore was not entitled to submit its report as a question of privilege. Considerable discussion ensued as to the right of tho IIouso to hear the report before being called upon to detcrmino the question of its reception, during which tho impatience of members was frequently manifesotd by repeat' cd and vociferous cries of "read, read ! " Tho Spcakor stated that ho was of opinion that tho report must be stated to tho House, in order that tho body might detcrmino whether or not tho Committee had exceeded its juris diction. Mr. Davis, of Maryland, then read from the Clerk's desk tho report of tho committee. Tho report reviews the testimony in the caso of Mr. Gilbert, and concludes by offering tho following resolutions .: .. uesoivca, mat vvnjia.m A. Uiibert, a member of tbo House from New York, did agree with F. F. C. Triplet.t J,o procure tho pas sage of a resolution or bill through the pres ent Congress, for tho purchase by Congress of certain copies of tlifl book of the said Triplott, on the Pension and Bounty Land Laws, in consideration that tho said Triplott should allow him to rcceivo a certain sum of money out of tho appropriation for tho u chaio of the book. 2. JResolve.l, That William Gilbert did cast his vote on tho Iowa land bill, depending heretofore before this Congress, for a corrupt con- sidjnition. consisting of seven squarj miles of land and somo stock given, or to bo given, to him. 3. Ileaolucd, That William A. Cilbc.rt.a member of this House, from New York, bo forthwith expelled from this House Tho speaker decided then that tho report must bo received to .the cxtept that it implicat ed a member of tho Houso in the subject referred to the committee. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, raised a point of ordor thot, under Parliamentary law, tho committee could not tako testimony after a member was implicated without first coming before tho IIouso and obtaining authority for that purpose. Ho wished to know if, when Sweeney gavo tho namo of a member as implicated in a fraudulent transaction, tho committco suspended the examination and notified that member, in order that ho might appear before them and confront tho witness. Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, thought that tho report just road should havo relieved the mind of tho gentleman upon the subject of in quiry, in tho courso of tho investigation with which tho committco had been charged, a wit ncss (Mr. S weonoy ) implicated one of tho mem' hers of tho IIouso. TJio .committee preceded to tako his testimony, and that of such other witnesses as they found was material to tho understanding of tho whole case. They then caused to ho mado out and placed in tho pos session of such member a complcto copy of every portion of the testimony which affected hiiu, with tho notification that the party could cross cxarninc tho witnesses, and produco ex planatory or exculpatory tostiniony and orgU' ment. That was dono in tho case of Mr. Gil bert, but ho declined to cxamino tho witness' Mr. Grow replied, that after they had stab bed the reputation of the member, aftor they had blackened his charactor, tbo committee had notified him that ho might appear. Ho would chargo upon tho .committco that they had violated tho privileges of the IIouso and tho constitutional rights of its members. Mr. Quitoon,of Mississippi, desired to kno,w from what sourco tho gentleman had procured this testimony which ho had cited. Mr. Grow replied that he held in his hands a copy of tho testimony which had been scrv ed upon Mr. Gilbert somo oightecn days after it was taken. v Grow objected to tho reception of tho report because tbo Committee, had exceeded thoir authority. Davis of Maryland, warmly and ably defend ed tho Committee, as it was constituted, and that it had acted according to instructions. Mr. Bonnctt of New York, questioned the jurisdiction of tho Committco. Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, was not Surpris ed that the Committee had been arraigned, for kn had cxpocted that they would be. Tho ob oe t or purpose of the Committco was to pre sent tho report, and ask that it might be printed, and that the consideration should bo postponed till Monday next, by which time the report and all the evidence might be printed and laid upon tho tables of tho members, so that they could form just coiclusiofls o tLp hplo subject, , . . .. .Gentleman spoke about tho character of tho witnesses. I'he Coinmittco had weighed tho testimony and IhCcharactor of those witnesses and he would have been glad, indeed, if he eould state that they were unworthy; but bo could not do it. ' Gentlemen sajd that ono of the witnesses' In this case was turned off m a doorkeeper. So" would stats that jonlr.one year ago this witness was appointed a door keeper of tho House by tho influenco of the gentleman from Now York himself. With reference to tho other witness, it was said that Mr. Triplott was dismissed for malfeasance in onlco, Ho would ask whoro was tho ovidunco that ho was so dismissed. Ho would undertake to say that it was tho first time ho had hoard any such chargo mado against him. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, had boon informed that it was a fact, and ho hod stated it for tho information of tho House. Ho did not know it himself. Mr. Orr. Tho gentleman says ho heard it I think it is duo to tho witness that ho should say from whom ho hoard it. Mr. Grow. It was not the gentleman from Now York. Mr. A. K. Marshall, of Kentucky, stated that Mr. Triplott was a Kcntuckian, and ho did not boliovo tho statement at tho timo it was mado. Ho had sinco sought information on this subject, and had found that, instead of being dismissed nt all, ho had actually resigned himself, and entered upon somo other business, which ho had pursued without discredit so far as ho had heard. Mr. II. Marshall, of Kentucy, had to say that ho knew Mr. Triplott well. He had practiced at tho bar with him, and thought that his character would compare with any member upon tho floor of tha Houso. Mr. Orr stated that what tho committee de sired was, that if tho Houso received tho re port and ordered it to bo printed, it could bo dono and laid upon tho tables of members by to-morrow afternoon, and gentlemen could then havo an opportunity of investigating tho evidenco for thumselves. Mr. Kunkcl, of Pennsylvania, had no doubt as to tho integrity of tho members of the com-1 mittcc, but he could not deal with conversations, but ho would deal with facts.' Tho re port shows that the witness, Sweeny, was ask ed as to tho conduct of the accused in respect to tho Iowa land bill. Ho (the witness) is represented as saying that ho wasto get this land and stock, from a Mr. Cbaso. If tho re port had shown that Mr. Chase had been examined, and had testified that the accused had received the land and stock, then it should go ainst him ; but if ho had testified that he had received nothing, thon it should be stated in tho report in his fuvor, and would bo to Mr. K. conclusivo ovidenco that ho was not guilty of tho chargo. Mr. Galloway, of Ohio, did not intend to bo placed in a false position before tho House, and hoped that tho report would ba received. Ho thought that if every gentleman hero was placed in a position similar to that occupied by tho gentleman from New York, thoy could then toll what they would do. If ho w;is placed in such a position, ho would not only court, but ho would demand an investigation-Ho said, let every man put this question to himself, and ho could then decide what was best to be dono. Ho appeared as the friend of the accused, but he would say that he ought to" have the investigation. Tho conduct of the gentleman's colleagues looked as if they entertained doubts of him when they opposed tho reception of tho report. When tho ovi denco was before tho IIouso thon thoro would be a trial. Ho thought that tho committee should havo tho gratitude of the wholo country for tho manner in which thoy had perform ed their duty. Mr. Wakoman, of Now York, contended that tho party charged had aright to be hoard, and that the committee had misconceived their duty. Mr. Cadwalador, of Pennsylvania, then moV' cd tho previous question j but withdrew it, when Mr. Davis, of Maryland, modified his niO' tion in such a manner as to includo all tho re ports. He stated that they were in the hands of various members of the committco, and that thore were three special and ono general report. Ho would now ask that tho reports be received by tho IIouso and printed. Ho do manded tho previous question. Tho previous question was seconded ; and tho question recurring upon tho motion as modifiod, it was agreed to yeas 101, nays 5. Mr. Davis then moved that tho further,con sidcration of tho subject bo postponed till Wednesday next ; which motion was agrood The general report closes with tho following paragraph in explanation .of a lrH which the committco submitted for tho consideration of Congioss : " To meet and renpody, or at loast to investigate theso evils, the committco havo unanimously ordered tho following bill to bo reported, with a request that it bo printed and referred to tho Committco of the Wholo on the State of the Union. They do not ask its consideration as matter of privilege because of the advanced period of tho session, but they are unwilling to closo their investigation without submitting to the consideration of the House and the country a measure which the next Congress may bo enabled to perfect and enact mto a law, which, with tho law of 1853 and the law touching recusant witnesses of this session, throws all the guards around tho government against corruption that can bo affor-: ded by any legislation.'.' A BILL to protect the people against corrupt and secret influenco in mattors of legislation. Dt it tjyxcUi, fc., That no porson shall, di rectly or indirectly, offer or agrco to give any money, or other vnluablo thing, to any person for tho service of such person or any other person, in aiding or. advocating or procuring the passago or dofeat of aoy measure before either houso of Congress, or any cotnmittoe of either house, to bo paid or delivorod oq the contingency of the passago or dofeat of any measure before either houso of Congress or before any committoo of cither house ; and that no person shall tjri to accept or receive, or shall accopt or recoivo, any money or other valuable thing for aiding or advocating, or procuring tho passago or defeat of any measure before cither houso of Congress, or before any coinmittco of either house ; and that every bargain, contract, or security for any such compensation, or any such contingency, and all shifts and contrivances to covor or conceal such bargain, aro hereby declared null and void j and tho parties to any such bargain, con tract, or agrcemont, or understanding, as well the party U pay as tho party to recoivo the monoy or othor valuable thing or security thorofor, on any such contingency as is above indicated, are hereby declared guilty of a mis- demoanor, and on conviction thorcof before any Court of the United States having juris diction of the said offonco, shall suffor impris onment in the common jail for not less than six months nor moro than ono year, and bo sunject to a nno oi not less than ono hundred dollars nor moro than ono thousand. Sec. . And be it further ennctei, That no person having any interest in tho passage or defeat of any measure before oither houso of Congress, and no ajjent or person anting fur or representing any other person as agent orat-torney-in-law, or in fact for procuring, niding, or advocating tho passago or defeat of any measure before cither houso of Congress, or boioro any committee or cither house, shall approach, converse with, or explain to, or in any mannor attempt to influonoe, any member of either house relative to such measure, without first distinctly disclosing to such member whether ho is interested personally in his own ngnt, or as agent lor any other porson, in tho passage or defeat of such measure t and any persons who shall violato tho provisions of this section are horeby declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thorcof before nny Court of tho United States, bo punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor moro than ono year, and by a fir.o of not less than ono hundred dollars nor more than one thousand, dollars. Tho following resolution accompanies tho general report : JiesolveJ, That James W. Simonton bo expelled from the floor of this Houso as a reporter.Tho following resolutions are appended to tho report in tho caso of Mr. Edwards of Now York. Reserved, That Francis S. Edwards, a mem-hcr of this House from the Stato of Now York, did, on tho 23d day of December last, attempt to cntico Robert T. Paine, a member of this Houso from the Stato of North Carolina, to voto contrary to the dictntcs of his iudirmont and conscience on a bill making a crant of lands to aid in tho construction of a railroad in tho territory of Minnesota by holding out a pecuniary consideration to tho said Payos for his support of tho said bilL JSoolued, That tho said Francis S. Edwards Uj, Hiid lie Is liorouy expelled from this IIouso. I ho following resolutions nro appended to tno report in tno caso oi Mr. Welch, of Con nccticut : 1. Hc3o!ucl, That William W. Welch did corruptly combine with William A. Gilbert, a member pf this House frem New York, to pro- euro the passago of a resolution or bill through this House for tho purchase of certain copies oi me woi k ot jr. jr. u J ripiett on tho Tension and Bounty Land Laws for money to bo paid to tho said William A. Gilbert on its pas-Bye.a. Remhed, That William W. Welch did attempt to procure money from J. R. Sweeny for reporting favorably on tho claim of Roxa-na Kimball from the Committco on Invalid Pensions at this Congress. 3. Unsolved, That William W. Welch, a member of this IIouso from Conno.ticut, be forthwith expelled from this IIouso. Tho following resolutions aro appended to tho report in the caso of Mr. Mattosou, of New-York : juemv&i, jnai ursamus i. Aiattcson, a member of this IIouso from the Stato of New York, did incito parties deeply interested in tho passago of a joint resolution for construing tho Ucs flloincs grant when hero, and to use a large sum of money and other valuables corruptly, for the purposo of procurins tho pas sage .of said joint resolution through this tiouse. Iteseloed, That Orsamns B. Mattcson. in de claring that a largo number of the members of this House had associated themselves tn;reth or, and pledged themselves each to tho other not to voto tor any law or resolution granting money or lands unless they are paid for it, has falsely and wilfully defamed tho character of this Houso, and has proved himself unworthy to bo a member thereof. JiesoiuM, mat ursamus 1J. Mattcson, a member of this Houso for tho Stato of New-York, be, and is hereby, expelled thorofrom AN EXPENSIVE POLICY! In somo of our citios tho Magistracy thinks it inexpedient to executo tho laws, enacted to protect tbo peoplo from the manifold ovi,ls of the rum traffic. But their policy, to say nothing more of it, is very expensive. Jt appoars frqn tho returns published by tbo Secretary of State, that the wholo number of paupers supported in Lypn, tho List year, was 027. Out of fheso 650 woro made paupers by in- temperance, in themselves or others. The wholo expense of supporting the paupers for tho year was 75G0 dollars ; of courso it cost Lynn 7631 dollars to pay the pauper expenses attending the rum trade in the city, to say nothing of many other, and worse expenses attending it. It appears, also, as tho same returns of the Secretary, that whilo the average percent of the paupor tax paid for intcmpor- ance, throughout tho State, is 34 per cent, of tho whole pauper tax, those counties which contain tho cities that do not executo the liquor law, pay double that per oent. Suffolk County, that is, Boston and Chelsea, stands at the head, in respect to the proportion of tax' !br intemperance ; paying 75 per ent of all which it pays for tho support of paupers, as a tax for tbo free liquor which it maintains, in spite of the law. Essex stands next, paying 63 per cent Middlesex stands at the same. No other county goes highor thnn 47 per cent. That Ureaehod by Hampden. Dukes and Nantucket pay It) per cent, Plymouth 20 ; Hampshire, 27 Norfolk, 24. Tho inference is that tho city Governments, virtually protecting the same traffic, aro vory expensive Got- crninonts. Puritan Recorder 12A. 03"Whito hair is. the chalk with which Tiino keeps its scores two, throe, 'or four oore, as the case may bo oo man's hoed. IM OltMATIOM FOU EMICKANTS TO BANS AH. Wo havo reccivod from Wni. II. Stanley, Esq., a copy of a paper from the office of the National Committee, da-tod Chicago, February llith, which contains valuable information to persons about emigrating to Kansas. We publish below an extract which wo consider most important, not having room for the wholo. Wo shall try to givo tho remainder of the articlo room, as we are anxious to furnish all tho information possible to assist emi gration : time roa EMIOHATISO. If you conclude to go to Kansas, tho sooner you start after navigation opens, the better. If you go in March or April, you can bcuuro a claim break somo portion of it, and get in a fcw acres of corn, beans, and potatoes. Planting commences about tho loth of April, and may bo continued to tho 1st of June. Corn planted on tho sod yields from 30 to 40 bushels to tho acre, or about half its yield on old land. Any farmer of ordinary capacity, liav-ing his team and tools and being on the ground by tho 1st of April, will bo ablo to raiso food enough to keep his family through tho winter till another harvest. Tho land is ready for tho plow in March, and continues so till the 1st of December. The ground may bo work ed for all agricultural purposes during uiac months of tho year. Tho Missouri river is always open as early as tho 1st of March, and affords a cheap, coui- lortablo and easy transit to Kansas. WHAT TO TAKE. This will depend upon tho timo you go and tho placo where you start. In all cases cam- such articles of necessity and convenience as you havo, unless vory heavy or bulky. Car. ry abundant bedding, good strong clothing, a few chairs and a tables tho stovo if you can tako it to pieces, a few dishos, and whatovoris necessary for housc-keoping, judjed by the pioneer standard. Carry also garden seeds of all kinds. Pro cure a hundred or two root grafts, apple and pear, plum, cherry, peach and grape roots, currants, ornamental shrubs and other small fruits in outtings or roots. Pack thorn in damp saw dust in a box and tako thora with you. You will find some placo to sot them and they will pay you a hundred fold, and surround your new homo with comfort and beauty. If you have tools tV tlinni. Tf not, you can purcliu&e qultO OS shoap at St. Louis or in Kansas as in the East. Your coarso stuff should be shipped by some transportation company to reach Kansas as cheap as possible. Freights up the Missouri to Kansas are from 30 cts. to $2,50 per hundred, according to the j stage of the water. The highest rates occur ! in March, October and Novomber. Lowest in May and J uno. Present rates are $ 1,00. ItOUTKS. Arrangements havo been mado with the fol lowing lines of transportation for tho issuing of .through tickets to Kansas Emigrants at a reduction of 25 per cent, from tho regular pri ces, viz : Fall River routo from Boston to Now York. New York & Erie R. R., New York to Dun kirk or Buffalo. Lako Shore R. R. from Buffalo and Dun kirk to Cleveland or Toledo. From Cleveland to St. Louis by tho Clove-land, Columbus & Cincinnati, Bellefontaine, St Indiana, Indianopolis, Pittsburgh & Cleveland. Torra Hauto & Richmond, nnd Tcrro Ilauto, Alton & St. Louis Railroads. Persons wish-ing to do so can go through Columbus by tlie Columbus Sc Nonia Railroad, and proceed from Torre Haute by tho Ohio & Mississippi R. R. to St. Louis. From Toledo to St. Louis by tho Toledo, Wabash & Western and Terra Hauto & Alton R. R.'s, or via Michigan Southern and Ciiicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R.'s. From St. Louis by Steamers or by tho Pacific R. R. to Jofforson City and thence by steamers to Kansas. Through tickets will be sold at tho princi-1 ticket offices on theso routes oither to single individuals or companies. Theso tickets entitle tho holder U) fiivt .cla-a furo .with meals and berth on the Missouri riyer fcoats, and 100 pounds of baggngo to each person. Arrangements aro king made for a similar redaction oyer .other rovtcs which will be announced when completed. All baggago sho'd bo carefully marked and checked through. Tho passago from Boston or New York occu-pios about a week, four or fire days of it being spent on the Missouri steamers which are among tho best on our waters. Freight may bo consigned with proper directions to " Caro Simmoons i Lcadbcatc, St Louis. Mo." An cstimato of tho expense of reaching the territory by these routes may bo formed by noticing tho prices of tickets from tho following points : Boston to Kansas (approximately). . . . 34,0O New York or Albany 00,00 Buffalo or Dunkirk 2f,00 Cleveland 21,00 Chicago C,00 Children nndor 12 years of age half price. OVERLA.VD ROUTS. Persons wishing to go with their own toams can mako a safe and ca?y lrtyt4 aipss Iowa or Missouri Tho principal routes crost the Mississippi at Dub.iiquo, Davenport, Mu.tcatine Burlington, IlanpiUil, Mo., and St Lonis. Either of tfcQsc. aro good wagon route, and the choice will be dolortnined by tho starting point A loaded team will mako 33 utile per day, the distance from tho (krthost point named boiflg about 400 miles. It k hardly safe to start before the 1st of May, as the teams must depend upon green feed. The expotue w trifling if provnion made for camp-ng.-1 In warm weather 'hia trip can owtilion ci jn by females, without exposure to sav:o hard ships. No difficulty will bo encountered in finding the routo from any of the above start-.' ing K)ints. Every party should havo a tent,' cooking utensils and abundant bedding. They can live in their wagons and tents after arriving in tho territory, until a homo is wcured, I.ASIUNO POINTS IS KANSAS. Persons wishing to go up tho Kansas xtU ley or to tl)0 SQiitheri) portion of tho torritory should stop at Wyandot'.o City or Quindaro,' two new towns in closo proximity with each other, and located on tho Missouri riyer, just ubovo tho mouth of tho Kansas. Col. Eld-.' ridgn, lato proprietor of tho Free Stato Hotel, will run a line of hacks daily from Wyandotte to Lawrence Furo threo dollars. A stoami er recently purchased by Thaddeus Hyatt, Esq., of New York, will mako regular trips from Quindaro to Lawrence threo times a week carrying passengers at threo dollars a piece At thoso points teams can bo obtained for any part of the torritory, and purchases of stores, can bo made. Leavenworth City 25 miles, higher up, Atchison 10 miles beyond, Doniphan and Iowa Point, connect with tho Northern portion of tho torritory aud communis cato by stago with tho interior. ItEEIGIOUS, Considerable controversy exists between tha anti-slavery and pro-slavery editors of tho Methodist Protestant Church. Our brother-Bassett, of tho Western Methodist Protestant has this among his paragraphs : " Slavery ia not contont with tho cnthrallmont of tho African race it loaves not tho while man free I It makes the ink and paper provisions of Fed t end and Stato Constitutions, securing to all citizens tho liberty of speech and the press, all farce. Ihose who exercise these rights. whoro tho rights of slavo or slaveholders, are called in question, do it at their peril. Who. does not see that the editor of tiio Methodist I rotcstant is not free. Our worthy brothen has our sympathies. Wo envy hiiu not hi ' position. If he considers the institution of slavery, as a system, wrong or impolitic, couJ4 ho say so in hjs paper J Wo will be told that this is a DoMi'en? que! tion and irrelevant to a Church paper. Wa can not admit that this is a political quoBtion, only. And at all events, ho is ppt jircpludo4 irom loucningcven political questions, a.HiuM, and even this ono, provided ho is 4ijjy guais ded to Uoop hia garments, frco frotq tfco dood ot abolition, lias fto not. while keening him self circumspect on tip nyrlh apd south quoaT tion, touched without fear or ro.si.rfc. uditical issues, in reviewing buekx, and ov en in ono in- stance, at least, stricturing the sentiments of a prominent Congressman V But sa subson-u cut is tho southern press, even tho Church press, to slaveholding jijturosts, fiat our ' brother Reese is not nt liberty to apt tho part of a faithful journalist."- J 'ii'.wa Chmtiai Advocate. Tho Now York correspondent of the I'l,))-delphia American Presbyterian writes tho fol lowing; "Tho facultiesol tho New York University and' Theological Seminary, wore, ns long since, invited to' tho houso of ono of our merchant princes, and a.-ked how brief a courso of study (hoy could wisely mid conscientiously commend for a certain number of young men, chosen for their 'pit-y and intellectual promise, to prepare them lor tho ministry. The great and increasing demand for ministers, was, of courso, the motive for abridging tho course of study to tho shortest practica- ' bio period ; and aOer duo consultation, it was decided that by arranging a curriculum spo-ciully fr the purpose, and by a combination of tho ordinary studies of tho two institution a courso deemed adoquato under tjbji ejreum. stances, might be riiado up, which extend only through four years, in both Collcgo and Seminary. On this basis, the proposal wm thon mado by the gentleman referred to, select and to educate at hisoxpensc, fifty . young men for tho four j oars' course, at an estimated cost of $300 per year for tho entire torm a sum practically contributed to tho . education causo of $15,000 per yojr for (bus years.'' .'.'.muf The "Worlit" of Xevsiiirrf Tho whole numborof powspapers published in the United States am Territories in 3,fi34. Xew York boasts Ol.t,- Pennsrlvunia, 419;-Ohio, 382; Illinois, 22j, and MnttfaehusetM, -1'J. Large number? die out every year, but the births arc in excess of the deaths. Tlmm arc 50 newspapers published in Canada ; 5 in U 1.. ' L t . .... ' uiu ounuwu-n jsiunus, m 2 in Sew Iiruna-wick. In England and Wales there are 272 newspapers; lu Scotland, 00; Ireland, ll-t; and in the British Isles nnd Jeracr. 17 total 108. There are alxnit 1,500 published in Geri many about two-thirtU mere advertising sheets. In France, out of Paris, vory little ia known of journalism. The whole number of newspapers does not oxcvod 60. Thero am. nut moro than 30 or 4U nc spcro piJilhi in Spain. In Italy tlys ftimibur of nJvvppoiI is very small ; ';cdiunt ha two. Constan-tinopfu has 13 neirsiuiieii. "In Itimi. ih.nl arc about, Iqp $$mp:n' and nearly as ttuur magazines. ' " Th Iljinoli and WisMtiin. tJatfre,' Cincaoo, Feb. 9-T-m fer'a icy' aproi-. tioh'mont.Of J-oprcsontatiou in the Leglijitiiij of Illinois passed to-djy. An exoiting tcvw occurred In consequence of an attempt bj tl Democrats to expunge tho protest of tho l!e;. publican mombors against tho mannor of th passago of the act. Governor Bissell vetoed the lil yvjitorJ"-' Tho Loguilaturg adjourped thi uiorpuig. . ' A pcmunal liberty J$J fa eifietj the h: ialaturc of Wisconsin. ' " " ' Oy Anpsj 5fin. qoyemar King, if Now JToit. Lii jrelooij the supply bill because it contain appropriations for Davins momhuni of the Legislature extra allowsncen for servi ces upon cotumittcos during tho recoH. 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